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Claus spreckels biography

          Claus Spreckels (–) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar empire, and became one of the richest Americans in history alongside John D. Rockefeller, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates....

          Adolph Claus J. Spreckels was a Prussian Saxony-born major industrialist in both San Francisco, and Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican, and territorial periods of the islands' history.

        1. Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, – December 26, ) was a Prussian Saxony-born major industrialist in both San Francisco, and Hawai'i during the.
        2. Claus Spreckels (–) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar empire, and became one of the richest Americans in history alongside John D. Rockefeller, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates.
        3. Claus Spreckels was born in Landstedt, in the then independent kingdom of Hanover, on July 9, He came to the United States in
        4. Claus Spreckels was a financial and an industrial capitalist.

          5. Claus Spreckels

          Biography of sugar maven

          Claus Spreckels

          Born(1828-07-09)July 9, 1828

          Lamstedt, Lower Saxony, Prussian Saxony (now Germany)

          DiedDecember 26, 1908(1908-12-26) (aged 80)

          San Francisco, California, U.S.

          OccupationIndustrialist
          Known forFounder of Spreckels Sugar Company
          SpouseAnna Christina Mangels (1829-1910)
          Children13, five lived to adulthood: John Diedrich (1853-1926), Adolph Bernard (1857-1924), Claus August (1858-1946), Rudolph (1872-1958), Emma Claudina Spreckels Hutton (1870-1924), Edward (1874-1876)

          Adolph Claus J.

          Spreckels[notes 1] (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) was a Prussian Saxony-born major industrialist in both San Francisco, and Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican, and territorial periods of the islands' history.

          He also involved himself in several California enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company. Spreckels was a slave owner